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1. Situation in South China; 2. Review of the State of Intelligence Available on a Certain Subject; 3. Chairman, Joint Scientific Intelligence Committee; 4. Publication of Committee of Imperial Defence Documents; 5. Visit of the Director of Naval Intelligence to Scandinavia; 6. Interrogation of a Certain Defector

1 Jan 1948

2. REVIEW OF THE STATE OF INTELLIGENCE AVAILABLE ON A CERTAIN SUBJECT TOP SECRET SIR STEWART MENZIES drew the attention of the Committee to the report+ now in the course of preparation reviewing the state of intelligence on a certain subject, and the questioned the desirability on security grounds of the inclusion of certain material therein. THE JOINT INTELLIGENCE STAFF said that in the initial stages of the preparation of this report they had endeavoured to write it as factually as possible, with a view to framing certain recommendations regarding the improvement of intelligence on this subject.
china security technology united states of america hong kong germany colonies czechoslovakia historians interrogation publications scientific research cold war surveillance personnel defence military operations military intelligence defectors empire security service secrecy intelligence gathering ministry of defence joint intelligence staff joint intelligence sub-committee john gardiner chiefs of staff foreign office imperial defence british intelligence organisation intelligence organization stewart menzies intelligence channels intelligence services responsibilities intelligence reports committee of imperial defence joint intelligence bureau percy sillitoe guy liddell zones of occupation occupied germany kenneth strong release of information naval intelligence invasion threat military situation reports douglas packard chinese nationalists chinese communists chinese civil war
Collection ID
CAB159
Conflict
Cold War
Countries
China Czechoslovakia Germany United States of America
Document Reference
CAB 159/5/54
Document Types
Summary
File Reference
CAB 159/5
Identifier
10.1080/swwf.cab159.0005.054
Keywords
Chinese Civil War Military Operations Military Situation Reports Military Intelligence Intelligence Channels Chinese Communists Hong Kong Colonies Empire Imperial Defence Invasion Threat Chinese Nationalists Security Intelligence Reports Personnel Scientific Research Technology British Intelligence Organisation Intelligence Services Responsibilities Publications Release Of Information Defence Historians Secrecy Naval Intelligence Intelligence Gathering Interrogation Defectors Zones Of Occupation Occupied Germany
Languages
English
Organizations
Committee of Imperial Defence Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Security Service Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
Pages
5
Persons Discussed
John Gardiner Guy Liddell Stewart Menzies Douglas Packard Percy Sillitoe Kenneth Strong
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Ministry of Defence and Cabinet Office: Central Intelligence Machinery: Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee Later Committee: Minutes (JIC Series). Joint Intelligence Committee. Meetings 1-64
Themes
Military Intelligence Surveillance Intelligence Organization

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